Oil-can.



H. F. STRUEVER.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914 an srnrns PATENT ornron.

HENRY IF. STBUEVEB, F FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA,

OIL-CAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent Application filed August n, 1913. Serial No. 784,425.

Patented Apr. *7, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. Srnnnvnn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Faulkton, in'the county of Faulk, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to oil cans of the force feed type and has for an object to provide an oil can having a single valve which may be turned selectively to the right or to the left to enable the lubricant to be discharged with the oil can ininverted or upright. osition.

A rther object is to provide an extremely simple force feed oil can which will be formed of a few parts that will not easily get out of order, and may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

With the above obiects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the oil can. Fi 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the oil can. Fig. 3. is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 Fig. 1 showing the valve in closed position. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the valve turned to the right. Fig. 5 is a diagram matic view showing the valve turned to the left. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 66 Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 10 designates the can body the same bein equipped with a filling opening that is c osed by a cap 11, and being equipped further on one side with an air pump 12 of the usual type employed in blow torches. A stop cook 13 is secured to the outlet 14 of the can body by means of a stuffing box 15, and there is a spout 16 secured to the stop cock by means of a stuffing box 17. There is a single duct 18 disposed in the stop cock that discharges into the spout, and

there is further a pair of parallel ducts 19 and 20 in the stop cock that communicate with the interior of the can body, there being a pipe 21 threaded into the duct 19'and leading to the bottom of the body.

The valve 22 is of the plug type and is provided with a Y-shaped port 23 therethrough, the branches 24 and 25 of which are adapted'to be selectively brought into registration with the duct 18 of the cock, and .the shank 26 of which is adapted to be selectively brought into registration with either of the ducts 19 or 20 of the cock. Upon rotation of the valve to the right as shown in Fig. 4,-thc shank 26 of the port will be brought into registration with the duct 20 and the branch 25 will be brought into registration with the duct 18, whereby communication will.be established between the top of the can body and spout, so that the can maybe used in oiling downward, that is, in inverted position. Upon rotation of the valve to the left as shown in Fig. 5, the shank 26 of the port will be brought into registration with the duct 19 and the branch 24 into registration with the duct 18 and communication established between the spout and pipe 21 whereby the can may be used in oiling upwardly, that is, in upright position, it being understood that the can body is charged with the air from the pump 12 to facilitate such upward discharge of the lu bricant.

The valvestem 27 is journaled for rotation in a tubular bearing. 28 carried on a bracket arm 29. This bracket arm 29 has its lower end threaded and engaged through a supporting arm 30 to which latter it is secured by means of nuts 31 engaged on the threaded lower end of the bracket arm and disposed on opposite sides of the supporting arm 30 whereby said nuts may be moved into clamping relation to the supporting arm. There are oblong recesses 32 formed in opposite sides of the tubular bearing 28, in which the ends of a transverse stop pin 33 carried by the valve stem works, rotation of the valve in either direction being limited by contact of the ends of the stop .pin with the ends of these recesses. The valve stem is equipped with the usual handle 34 for rotating the valve. i

For returning the valve to neutral position after each operation, I provide a substantially oblong upright collar 35 on the valve stem, upon the opposite sides of which leaf springs 36 bear, these leaf springs being secured to an extension 37 of the bracket wardly or upwardly, and hold the handle until the oiling operation is completed, the handle then being released, and the valve being then immediately returned to neutral position by the leaf spring 36.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple and effective oil can that is formed of a few inexpensive parts that will not easily get out of order.

What is claimed, is

1. A force feed oil can including a body, a stop cock connected to the outlet of said body, a spout connected to said stop cock, a pipe connected to said stop cock and extending to nearly the bottom of said can, means for turning said stop cock to the right or to the left to selectively establish communication between said spout and said pipe or between said spout and the top of said can, a tension device normally holding said stop cock closed, and means for limiting move- I mentof said stop cock in either direction.

2. A force feed oil can including a body, means for charging the body with air, a spout communicating with said body, a twoway' valve in said spout, a pipe connected to said valve and extending to the bottom of said can, said valve upon rotation in one direction establishing communication between said pipe and said spout and when rotated in the opposite direction establishing communication between said spout and the top of said can, a bracket arm having a tubular be'arin provided with an oblong recess in one side, a stem for said valve rotatably mounted in said bracket, a stop pin in said stem working in said recess for limiting movement of said valve in either direction, and a tension device normally holding saidvalve in neutral position and adapted to automatically return said valve to neutral position after actuation in either direction.

3. A force feed oil can including a body, means for charging the body with air, a spout. communicating with said body, a valve in said spout, said air charging means forming a handle for said body, a bracket secured at the lower endto said handle, a journal box on said bracket receiving the stem of said valve, a pin and slot connection between said stem and said box limiting movement of said stem in either direction, a.

lateral arm on said bracket, an oblong enlargement on said stem, and a pair ofleaf springs secured at their lower ends to said arm and bearing at the upper ends upon opposite sides of said enlargement and normally holding said valve against turning.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. STRUEVER, Witnesses:

JAMEs P. TURNER, J. M. Moons; 

